Welcome! This is a place where I (Lisa) can pass along information about photography -- photo ops, new products, reviews, workshops, articles, exhibitions, etc. etc. Enjoy!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wildlife iPad & iPhone Photo Wallpapers Available
Scott Bourne
http://wp.me/pu7xa-3qA
If you're looking for an affordable, fun, easy way to own some of my wildlife photos, please consider purchasing any or all of the following titles.
Avian Wallpapers
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avian-wallpaper/id366518593?mt=8
Wolf Wallpapers
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wolf-wallpapers/id371439028?mt=8
Wildlife Wallpapers
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wildlife-wallpapers/id384437109?mt=8
Each application runs on both the iPhone and the iPad and costs only 99 cents.
Friday, July 2, 2010
iPhone apps
Golden Hour
The Golden Hour is a magical time of day for photography and now you can keep track of it wherever you are in the world with our comprehensive and easy to use iPhone and iPod touch application that finally consigns boring lists of sunrise and sunset times to the trash. The web version of the Golden Hour was voted cool site of the day by America's Digital Goddess and has been featured by Canon Europe, PC World and a host of forums and blogs around the world. Now available for the iPhone and more detailed than ever.This application does not need access to the internet and is therefore great for iPod touch owners as well.
"Second Shootr is a revolutionary digital photography assistant for professional photographers. Use Second Shootr to help you plan every aspect of your photography beforehand, leaving you free on the day to get on with what you do best....taking awesome photos!" http://www.secondshootr.com/
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Nikon’s new Learn & Explore iPhone application
Nikon is pleased to offer our consumers a new way to access the educational and editorial content found on NikonUSA.com.


Nikon’s new Learn & Explore iPhone application now makes this material available to you, whether you are taking pictures close to home or in the field. http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Learn-And-Explore-for-the-iPhone/index.page
From beginning photographer to experienced enthusiast, you are sure to find information on Learn & Explore that is of interest to you—and now that information can go where you go.
Read an article on getting the most from your travel photography while you’re on vacation. Check information on adjusting depth of field or selecting the right shutter speed when you’re taking photos at your child’s sporting event. Access advice on the right aperture for shooting photos indoors when you’re attending a wedding. It’s all there on the Learn & Explore iPhone app. Photography information at your fingertips.
In addition to articles on the fundamentals of photography and various shooting techniques, you can read the four latest issues of Nikon World magazine, complete with images and audio slideshows. Need the definition of a photography term? Check out the Photography Glossary.
The Learn & Explore iPhone app is continually updated with new articles and information. It’s a must for any enthusiastic photographer.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone 1.1
Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone 1.1, an update to the popular mobile application that makes editing, viewing and sharing images on the iPhone quick and easy.
Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone quickly established itself as one of the "Top Free" applications in Apple's App Store. In the four months since its release in October 2009, Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone has been downloaded over 6.5 million times worldwide. Among the new features is video playback for users who host videos on Photoshop.com, so that they can easily watch them on the go. For editing, the new Sharpen tool makes refining details in photos as simple as dragging a finger across the image to increase or reduce sharpness. Also with just one touch, users have their choice of eight new artistic borders that add creative punch to their photos.
AvailabilityThe Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone 1.1 application is available worldwide as a free download from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch. Current Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone users will have access to version 1.1 by checking for updates in Apple's App Store.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Tiffen's Steadicam Smoothee is an image stabilizer that will work with the Apple iPhone 3Gs.
Read the article here: http://www.creativepro.com/article/new-steadicam-makes-iphone-video-rock-solid
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
A new iPhone app for all of you BIRDERS
BirdsEye -- A new iPhone app for all of you BIRDERS
Discover which birds are actually being seen nearby. Get instant access to the local bird life – whether you’re at home or on the road.
Browse the map of 25,000 birding hotspots, and see which birds have been observed at each. You will always know where your best birding opportunities are.
Looking for a special bird? BirdsEye can show you where any one of 847 North American species has been seen recently – and even give you directions.
Record which birds you've seen, and BirdsEye will constantly help you find new life birds.
Lisa's note, what you do not have a lifelist yet??? It's time!
Birdseye will help you find those birds that you are searching for. It uses eBird data to show you on a map where and when a particular species has been reported and gives you directions to the location where it can be found.
Stunning photographs from the VIREO collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Four hours of brilliant bird calls and song from the Macaulay Library of Sound.
Personal insights from field guide author Kenn Kaufman on finding each bird.
Content for 377 additional species is available through the BirdsEye store.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, October 30, 2009
Canon Introduces A New iPhone App
New, Free Canon iPhone App Makes it Easy to Print Photos
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 14, 2009 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced its free Easy Photo-Print App, which is now available on the App store. The Canon Easy Photo-Print App enables wireless photo printing from your iPhone or iPod touch to a compatible Canon PIXMA printer via a wireless network with a few simple taps.
The new Canon Easy-PhotoPrint (iEPP) app is an ideal solution for consumers looking to print and share their photos. Canon challenges users to get creative by allowing them to choose from a variety of sizes and paper types. The Canon Easy-PhotoPrint for the iPhone app allows users to print photos as large as 8 1/2 x 11 on six different types of paper. Now a family outing to the beach or a picture from a birthday party can be printed from almost anywhere to be shared with friends and family. Additionally, this new application allows consumers to print up to 20 copies at one time to a compatible Canon PIXMA printer, PIXMA MP990, MP640 and MP560 Wireless Photo All-in-One (AIO) Printers for easy creation of photos.
"Canon continues to make the printing experience as seamless and easy as possible with the addition of new technologies such as the Canon Easy-Photo Print Application," said Yuichi Ishizuka, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Imaging Group, Canon U.S.A. "This new technology enables users to print multiple images at one time while selecting varying sizes and paper types, making it easier than ever for consumers to print the images they want from their revolutionary iPhone or iPod touch."
The Canon Easy-PhotoPrint App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
Canon PIXMA Wireless Photo All-In-One PrintersCanon has once again taken quality and ease to a whole new level with the MP990, MP640, and MP560, the latest addition's to the PIXMA line of Wireless Photo All-In-One Printers. These stylish printers, with built-in Wi-Fi1 capabilities provide users with many different options to accommodate printing needs. With the ability to print, copy, scan and now the use of the new Easy-PhotoPrint for iPhone application, users can be confident that all tasks, from printing photo albums of a family reunion or scanning in pictures from the past, can be accomplished quickly and easily with superior quality.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Get PANTONE Colors on your iPhone or iPod Touch
Build color palettes using PANTONE Colors
Capture and extract colors from photos
Automatically generate harmonious color combinations
Cross-reference PANTONE Colors to other PANTONE Color Libraries
Share palettes via E-mail, myPANTONE.com, Facebook, Twitter or directly with other myPANTONE app users
Visit pantone.com/iphone today for more information and to download.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
iPhone app for Flickr
Taken straight from the Flickr blog...
There’s a new native iPhone app for Flickr, created by Yahoo’s mobile team. It’s currently available in English and French in the US, Canada, UK, France, Hong Kong and Singapore Apple iTunes stores. Download it for free now!
You can take a photo and upload it from the app, view your photostream and activity, and see recent photos from your contacts. There’s also the nifty slideshow that features the “Ken Burns effect”.
There is also m.flickr.com, Flickr's mobile browser experience. And several hardware manufacturers including BlackBerry and Nokia have built in “send to Flickr” right from their phones, which we love! Learn more about using Flickr on your mobile device.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Control Your Canon or Nikon DSLR With Your iPhone
NEW -- Nikon camera NOW supported
Control Your Canon or Nikon DSLR With Your iPhone
Remotely fire your Canon EOS or Nikon DSLR camerawith your iPhone or iPod Touch
Remotely control the camera settings likeshutter-speed, aperture, white-balance and more
View images saved on the camera from your iPhone or iPod Touch
Look through your camera's viewfinder remotely
Great for remote-firing at weddings, sporting events, for kids, and for self-portraits
A Must-Have iPhone Application for Canon & Nikon Digital Photographers
iPhone remotely controlling a Canon camera that's mounted on a basketball backboard
DSLR Camera Remote is the next-generation cable release for your Canon EOS DSLR or Nikon DSLR camera. Just connect your camera to a WiFi enabled computer and the DSLR Camera Remote software enables you to use your Apple iPhone or iPod touch to wirelessly adjust cameras settings, fire the shutter, review images, even get a live viewfinder preview. DSLR Camera Remote is a must-have for remote shooting applications like high or low angles, self portraits and children. With its advanced timers it makes remote monitoring a snap. No internet connection required!
Here's what you need:
Your Canon EOS DSLR or Nikon DSLR camera (view list of compatible cameras)
Your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch
A WiFi enabled computer (no active internet connection required)
DSLR Camera Remote Server software (free download)
DSLR Camera Remote Professional OR DSLR Camera Remote Lite software for iPhone/iPod Touch, available from the Apple iTunes Store.
Buy DSLR Camera Remote Professional ($19.99) Buy DSLR Camera Remote Lite ($1.99)
You get full control over common camera controls including white balance, image quality, shutter speed, aperture, intervalometer, and more.
Key Features
Remote Firing
DSLR Camera Remote's key feature is the ability to remotely trigger the shutter, or fire the camera. This seemingly basic feature is very powerful. You can now trigger a camera in a difficult position, such as in a church balcony or behind a basketball backboard. Or you can use it to give yourself another set of hands in the studio - to interact with your subject better or hold a reflector. There are all sorts of unique shooting situations where you would like to trigger your camera from a distance. With DSLR Camera Remote you can now do this with the equipment you already have, no need for expensive radio transmitters or open frequencies.
Remote Adjustments
DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition gives you full control over common camera controls including shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, and more.
Image Review
Better than a simple release, the DSLR Camera Remote lets you see the image you just photographed to confirm you got the shot you wanted. With the Professional Edition you can even zoom to 1:1 to check focus and important details.
Live View
When you combine the DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition with a current generation Canon EOS DSLR or Nikon DSLR you can access the LiveView mode, which allows you to see through the camera's viewfinder in near real-time. This allows you to see your composition before you trigger the shutter. This feature is great for self-portraits or when you can't see your subject from your position. See a list of Canon & Nikon cameras that are known to be compatible with LiveView mode.
Intervalometer
The Professional Edition features an advanced intervalometer, or timer. The intervalometer can be used as a custom self-timer or can take a series of images at a given time interval. This is great for creating stop-action animation. You can take a picture anywhere from 1 second to 1 day apart and take up to 1,000 frames.
Zero Configuration
DSLR Camera Remote is a no-brainer to use with its zero-configuration Bonjour® networking. Just plug your camera into a network-capable host computer, launch the DSLR Camera Remote Server software, and bam! - your iPhone or iPod Touch will discover your camera automatically. Your host computer can be attached to a wired or wireless network, or it can be the host in an ad-hoc, or device-to-device network. No active internet connection is required!
See the User Guide for more information about these features
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
8 Great iPhone Apps for Photographers
PhotoCalc - This app has some super useful tools. There is a glossary of photography terms which will help beginning photographers and definitions of rules like the Sunny 16 rule. The best part is a depth of field calculator so that you know exactly how much margin you have for focusing when you enter a specific focal length, camera type, aperture, and subject distance. Oh, and if you LOVE to shoot just after sunrise or just before sunset, the app will find your location and tell you the time of sunrise and sunset.
SmugWallet - This is my new favorite app. You do need to have smugmug galleries set up to use this. Now instead of having to upload photos to the built in photo library, I can sync whichever smugmug galleries I desire. I hope in the future they have a way for me to set the photo as my screen saver/background. For now you can browse photos and email a link to a gallery or specific photo to others.
Camera Bag - This app will help you have fun with your built in iPhone camera. You can take or edit photos with fun tools like fisheye, helga, lomo, cinema, and much more. Just fun!
Photogene - If you miss photoshop and which they made it for your iPhone, try this app. No it will not replace Photoshop, but it is fun to play with and for quickly editing photos taken with the iPhone camera.
Tweetie - If you are one of the many photographers who love twitter, there are many apps available to help you tweet on the go. I have two, “twitterific” and “tweetie” - but find “Tweetie” much easier to use.
Facebook - If you are one of the many photographers on Facebook - this will make it much easier to check and reply to facebook on the go.
Cover Styler - So… This one is fun for photographers who have kids. My twins asked me to include this one and the next one. This app allows you to take photos in your library or camera roll and put them inside a variety of Disney Magazine covers ranging from Hannah Montana to Suite Life on Deck and Wizards of Waverly Place. This app may just give you leverage to “bribe” your kids into letting you take their pictures - if you agree to make them a movie star on your iPhone.
Face Melter - This app is fun for kids - they can use photos in the camera library or roll to melt and distort. Think of it as photoshop’s liquefy tool on steroids (though not quite as pleasing results). I have to say that even as an adult, it can be fun to play…
Monday, June 1, 2009
iHandy Level Free
You use the iPhone for talking, watching movies, listening to music, surfing the Web, and... helping you take better product shots??
iHandy Level Free (free) is a level that is indeed handy for aligning your camera on a tripod.

To see an example of an older iPhone level in action during a photo shoot, go to "The iPhone as Photo Accessory."
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Handi Canon guides iPhone
For Canon Shooters Only (sorry Nikon shooters, no one has created this yet)
Handi Canon guides ($0.99 to 1.99) are quick reference guide for Canon models 30D, 40D, 50D, Rebel XSi, Rebel XS, 5D, and the 5D Mark ll. Not only can you quickly get to the information you need, but you can take that dog-eared manual out of your camera bag.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
GPS Taggers iPhone
GPS Taggers and NotebooksMany photographers keep notebooks to record important information about photos they're taking. In analog days, for instance, we'd record exposure information, although embedded EXIF data makes that a non-issue for digital shooters. But it can still be hard to remember the name of that medieval town in the south of France where you shot an amazing photo series. Or what if you find the perfect location for an upcoming shoot and, certain that you'll remember where it is, don't write down how you got there?
With the iPhone and one of the apps in this category, you no longer need a paper notebook. My favorite, EveryTrail (free), records your movements and adds geotags to reference shots you take with the iPhone. You can caption the reference shots, but even better is that EveryTrail uploads your path to http://www.everytrail.com/ which then overlays the path on a Google map. You can even export the trip to Google Earth and fly directly to the geotagged locations.

